Long steel imports into Brazil increased by 36.4% in 2012, according to figures disclosed by the country’s foreign trade ministry.

Following a review of regional transaction data, Metal Bulletin is proposing the following changes to the base currencies for the following steel prices.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday December 11.

Global billet prices for steel slab have mostly risen this week, as suppliers in the CIS region managed to push through an increase and concluded several deals at higher prices.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday May 8.

Profits of member mills of China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) in August soared 35% month-on-month on a recovery in steel prices, the assn said on Thursday September 26.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday August 24.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday July 17.

The rallies in the base metals on the London Metal Exchange have generally continued in early trading today, Friday August 25, with prices up by an average of 0.4%, with aluminium, zinc, lead and copper prices up between 0.6% to 0.8%, while nickel is off 0.5% and tin is little changed. Three-month copper prices are at $6,740 per tonne.

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are broadly higher this morning, Thursday August 24, with three-month copper, zinc, lead and tin prices up by between 0.2% and 0.5%, with copper prices at $6,612 per tonne, while aluminium and nickel prices are by off 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively.